Objects

• Astronomical and navigational instruments
  • - Astrolabes and quadrants
  • - Celestial navigation
  • - Charting instruments
  • - Compasses
  • - Course, speed and distance indicators
  • - Depth sounding
  • - Electronic navigation
  • - Globes
  • - Meteorological instruments
  • - Optical equipment
  • - Sundials
• Charts and maps
• Coins and medals
  • - Coins
  • - Commemorative medals
  • - Orders and medals
• Decorative art
  • - Ceramics
  • - Jewellery
  • - Objet d'art
  • - Plate
  • - Sailors' craftwork
• Fine art
  • - Miniatures
  • - Oil paintings
  • - Prints, drawings and watercolours
• Flags
• Historic Photographs
  • - Bedford Lemere photographs
  • - Francis Frith & Co
  • - Klein Collection
  • - Smiths, Suitall Ltd Collection
• Ship models
  • - Cargo vessels
  • - Dockyards, buildings, and topography
  • - Exploration and research vessels
  • - Fishing and hunting vessels
  • - Lifeboats and lifesaving vessels
  • - Passenger vessels
  • - Powered warships
  • - Racing and pleasure craft
  • - Royal yachts and ceremonial craft
  • - Sailing warships
  • - Service vessels
  • - Small craft
• Ship Plans
  • - Admiralty Collection
  • - Hilhouse collection
• Timekeeping
  • - Astronomical regulators and precision clocks
  • - Chronometers, precision watches and timekeepers
  • - Domestic clocks and watches
  • - Other horological instruments
• Uniforms
• Weapons
  • - Edged weapons
  • - Firearms

Exhibitions

• Art for the Nation
• Atlantic Worlds
• Beside the Seaside
• Freeze Frame
• Nelson
• North-West Passage
  • - A Matter of Life and Death
  • - Exploring the Arctic
  • - Routes and Resources
  • - What is the North-West Passage?
• Turmoil and Tranquillity

Topics

• Atlantic Neptune charts
• Franklin relics
• Green Blackwall collection
• Herschel family
• Maritime Art Greenwich
• Nicholas Pocock
• Popular Astronomy
  • 1. Astronomy for all
  • 2. Astronomy in the lecture theatre
  • 3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
  • 4. Astronomy and print
• Recent acquisitions
• Stories from the archives
  • Hayward
• Telescopes Online Gallery
• World Cultures
  • Africa
  • North America

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